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WZTNESSES NI/ENTOR UNITED STATES' YPATENT OFFICE.

JAMES TIMMS, or COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR To THE BUoxEYE-MALLE- ABLE IRONl AND OOUPLER COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,603, dated June 28, 1898,

d Application filed Deceniher .17, 1897. Serial No. 662,308. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

'B eit known that I, JAMES TIMMs, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplings; and I doV hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe-invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in car-couplings, and more'particularly to that variety known as tendercouplings, in which the draw-bar is necessarily short in consequence of the fact that thecoupling has to be supported solely from the end of fthe tender and vcannot extend for an indefinite length beneath it, the object being to provide additional support besides that afforded by thedraw-bar'or shank of the coupling; and the invention consists in an overreaching arm extending from the draw-head to some point above the bracket which supports the coupling.

It further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations ofl parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isA la vertical sectional view through vthe coupling and bracket. Fig. 2 is a front view of the bracket, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the pinhead. l

A represents the ldraw-head. This has the usual shank 1, by which it is pivoted, and 2 is the arm which gives the added support to the coupling and prevents it from sagging. This arm is preferably cast integral with the draw-head. It extends upward to clear thev top of the bracket and then inward and in line with the pin-hole 3 in the shank or drawbar. It is also provided with a hole 4. To afford added strength to this arm, it is furnished with a centrallongitudinal rib 5, and it may likewise have ribs 6 6 at its edges to give' additional strength.

C is the bracket, secured to the end of the tender and upon which the coupling is supported. This bracket comprises a vertical plate 7, having bolt-holes 8 8 at convenient points therein to receive securing-bolts. the bottom it preferably has the horizontal portion 9, which extends beneath the sill.

Plate 7 may also have the offset 10, which is sunk into a recess formed in the end of the car. 1 Projecting forwardly from the plate 7 is the mouth 11, in which the shank extends. This mouth mayj be internally ribbed, as at 12 12, to give it strength, and also it may be furnished; with .Y .the receptacles 13 "13 for springs to hold' the' coupling yieldingly centered.

The pin D is of the usual construction, except'that its head instead of being perfectly round has at least'one straight edge 14, or, if not straight, of such construction that it rests against plate 7 lwhen in place, and by /its engagement therewith is prevented from turning.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement ofthe Aseveral parts 'described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, andhence I do not wish to limit myself to the exactvconstruction herein set forth; but,

' Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. 1. In a car-coupling, a draw-head having a shank. or draw-bar and an arm extending from the draw-head upwardly over the shank in position to receive the pin which holds the draw-head in place and prevents the latter from sagging.

2u The combination with a bracket having a mouth projecting outwardly therefrom, of a draw-head having a shank and an arm extending above the shank and a suitable dis- JAMES TIMMS.

Witnesses:

F. C. EATON, W. A. MARSH. 

